[Pants-of-dog]

How about this?

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/dutchstudies/an/S ... s_imm.html

https://www.statista.com/statistics/577 ... therlands/


Additional housing price statistics stretching back from 1975-2013
https://dobododo.wordpress.com/2013/07/ ... the-1970s/

Yes, that would be a good start.

Read those and answer the question I gave you, and we will take up the conversation once you have the answer.

[Unthinking Majority]

@Puffer Fish

Is there any evidence showing a link between immigration and high housing costs?

Housing prices are determined by supply and demand. If demand rises and supply can't keep up you get higher housing prices.

Population growth in virtually all western countries is due to immigration, since the fertility rate in these countries is below replacement levels. It's pretty obvious that rising housing prices in cities like New York, London, Toronto, Vancouver, etc are in large part due to the large # of immigrants who move to those cities.

There are other factors of course, like foreign real estate investment, domestic speculation, cheap credit over the last 12 years etc.

https://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/ ... study-says

Edit: whether immigration is the cause of rising prices in Amsterdam specifically I have no idea.

[AFAIK]

What about divorced couples living in 2 houses instead of one? They also need multiple bedrooms for the kids who live there part time. What about the increase in living alone due to later marriages? What about increased life expectancy. Elderly widows often don't want to move house even if they don't need 4 bedrooms. What about internal migration from the countryside? What about housing stock that is left empty 10 months a year because listing it on air bnb for a week is more profitable than renting it for 1 year?

[Unthinking Majority]

What about divorced couples living in 2 houses instead of one? They also need multiple bedrooms for the kids who live there part time. What about the increase in living alone due to later marriages? What about increased life expectancy. Elderly widows often don't want to move house even if they don't need 4 bedrooms. What about internal migration from the countryside? What about housing stock that is left empty 10 months a year because listing it on air bnb for a week is more profitable than renting it for 1 year?

More adults are also living with their parents well into their 20's and beyond. Yes as I said there's multiple factors. Immigration is one factor.

Immigration is an overall net economic benefit for a country, as they help create and consume more goods/services, including housing. Boomers can't complain, they can sell their houses and retire in smaller cities with cheaper houses and make bank.

[Skynet]

lower-earning Dutch families began to be priced out of Amsterdam by the higher rents

The middle class owns houses and flats, their homes value is increasing.

Immigration is an overall net economic benefit for a country

Depends what kind of immigrants come, if it is like today, the answer is:"No"

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[Puffer Fish]

The middle class owns houses and flats, their homes value is increasing.

Rising housing prices could be one major driver of increasing inequality.

Think about it: Those who already own housing get richer, while those who do not (and this especially includes the younger generation) get screwed.

[Skynet]

Rising housing prices could be one major driver of increasing inequality.

Think about it: Those who already own housing get richer, while those who do not (and this especially includes the younger generation) get screwed.

Do you have an other solution then immigration? When the baby boomer generation retires, who should pay their retirement?

There is a solution forbid contraception and abbortion.


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